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' D. P. SHARP.

THILL FOR VEHIGLES.

No. 276,196. Patented A p1".24,18,83i-

INVENTE] R' AM WIT N E'55E5 NITED STATES PATENT rFicE.

DENNIS P. SHARP, OF ITHAGA, NEW YORK.

THILL FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,196, dated April 24, 1883,

Application filed March 1, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DENNIS P. SHARP, of Ithaca, in the county of Tompkins and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Thills for Vehicles, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide ad- IO justable vehicle-thills which can be accommodated to different-sized horses, such thills being especially desirable on sulkies and socalled road-carts on which the drivers seat is supported upon the thills, and therefore thrown into different angles of inclination, according to the height of the horse hitched to the thills.

The invention consists essentially of a vehicle-thill provided intermediately of its length with a vertically-deflectingjoint and a clamping device for retaining said joint in its requisite angle, all as hereinafter more fully described, and set forth in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure lis aside elevation of a sulky or'road-cart provided with my invention; and Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged detail views of the same, taken on opposite sides'of the thill.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

a and a represent two sections of a transversely-divided thill, the joint b of which may be at any convenient point in the length of the thill, though preferably back of the center of the length thereof. Said jointis madesemicircular or concavo-convex in a vertical plane, and to the side of that section, a, of the thill which has the concave joining-face is bolted or otherwise firmly attached a metal plate, 0, which is extended along the side of the other thill section, a, and is provided at its free end with a vertical or short segmental slot, s. Through the center of the semicircular convex end of the section a passes a pin or bolt, (1, by which it is hinged on the plate 0.

A bolt, e, connected to the thill section a, passes through the slot 8 of the plate 0, and is provided on its end with a nut, n, by means of which the section a can be clamped on the plate 0. The slot 8 allows said thill-section to be raised or lowered and clamped at different angles of deflection from the thill-section a to conform the free end of the thill to the height of the horse hitched thereto, and thus invariably support the seat in its proper position.

Having described my invention,what Iclailn as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A vehicle-thill provided intermediately of its length with a vertically-deflectingjoint, and a clamping device for retaining said joint in its requisite angle, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a thill provided with a transverse joint and a plate fastened to the side thereof and adapted to receive at different points of its width the bolt or clamp by which the sections of the thill are secured in their angle of deflection, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of the thill composed of sections a and a, fitted to each other by the semicircular joint I), the plate 0, fixed to the section a, and provided with the slot 8, the pivotal bolt or pin d, passing through the end of the section a, and the clam ping-bolt 0, passing through said section and through the slot 8, and provided with the nut 02, all constructed, combined, and operating substantially in the manner described and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and aiiixed my seal, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the. county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 27th day of February, 1883.

DENNIS P. SHARP. [L.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM G. RAYMOND, FREDERICK H. (lanes. 

